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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 2 AUG 2010
... close of $US0.9012/14. Mr Weston said he expected trading volumes on Monday to be lower than usual, given it was a bank holiday in NSW. The financial sector was higher at 1037 AEST. ANZ was up 18 cents at $23.23, CBA had risen 72 cents to $53.28, NAB ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 6 JUL 2010
... lower at 4,175 points on turnover of 4,500 contracts. With Wall Street markets closed on Monday for the Independence Day holiday, the local bourse took its lead from European markets, which closed around 0.4 per cent lower. All major sectors on the local ...

Just a typical pause

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 6 JUL 2010
... overnight. Not a soul was stirring... not even a mouse. The Americans are celebrating their Independence Day. They're on holiday. This gave me a holiday too... that is, a holiday from the daily noises - shouting the sky is falling - that grow shriller ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 6 JUL 2010
... to negative leads from major Asian and European markets on Monday as Wall Street remained closed for the July 4 Public Holiday in the US. At 0717 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index contract was 13 points lower at 4,195. ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 5 JUL 2010
... sector was the only one holding the market above water during a quiet trading day ahead of the US Independence Day market holiday on Monday. "The news about Centennial Coal just shows this new mining tax is probably going to open the gate to foreign ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 5 JUL 2010
... index, a broader measure of the markets, shed 4.79 points, 0.47 per cent, at 1,022.58. Volume was thin ahead of the long holiday weekend. The US markets will be closed on Monday for the Independence Day holiday. LONDON - European stock markets closed ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUL 2010
... late November. It fell as low as 9,147.68 at one stage. HONG KONG - Hong Kong's stock exchange was closed for a public holiday. SHANGHAI - Chinese shares closed down 1.02 per cent as weak June manufacturing data weighed on sentiment. The Shanghai Composite ...

Investors turn to rev mortgages for income

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUN 2010
Australians are taking out a reverse mortgage to provide extra income, instead of using the extra funds to refurbish their house or go on holidays, a report found. Kevin Conlon, chief executive at the Senior Australians Equity Release (SEQUAL), said ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUN 2010
... first finish above the major chart line of 10,000 since May 20. HONG KONG - Hong Kong's market was closed for a public holiday. SHANGHAI - The Shanghai market was closed for the Dragon Boat Festival. WELLINGTON - The New Zealand sharemarket rallied after ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUN 2010
... points, at 2,988.98, as it caught up with carnage on overseas markets after missing the damage due to Monday's public holiday.